Doctor Who
Jun. 8th, 2008 11:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
eve11Not a long post, but I realize I've not said much about Who lately, so:
Not that there was much new to these stories, but what was there was really well-executed. I enjoyed them thoroughly. Loved River Song; she was fantastic and I hope to see her again. On the other hand, I'm kind of 'meh' on her being "saved" at the end too. I mean, it's good that she didn't die, but if that was me I'd be like, "Okay, great, how long do I have to wait until the Doctor really rescues me, gets me back into my body somehow, and back into the real world?" Also, looking after someone else's perpetually pre-adolescent children untilthe super-hard drive fails the end of time? Not my idea of paradise, thanks. So I was a little ambivalent about the happy ending; don't get me wrong, I loved that the Doctor figured it out and didn't give up and gave us that last little scene, but I really wanted River to get back into the real world. I think the Whoniverse is vast enough that somewhere, somehow, this will happen eventually.
Anyway, other than that small nitpick, I really loved it. Donna's perfect man, who is gorgeous and wonderful and doesn't say much ;) Doctor Moon, who is an AV program that I hope does better than McAfee or Symantec, little Charlotte Abigail Lux who watches Doctor Who half-hidden behind a couch pillow, the awesomeness of the expedition team; Anita and the Dave's and the Library guy (kudos on Anita's American accent by the way). I so wanted them to live, and actually was glad to see the Lux guy come off as a human character as opposed to stock villain.
Oh Doctor, reasoning with voracious dark-dwelling, flesh-stripping air parasites. "Look me up." I love it. And the look of pure dejection he gets when River has him handcuffed to the post, and her "Don't you dare change any of those moments"-- oh, that whole scene had me tearing up, I admit.
(Did anyone else catch that lovely little retcon in part one? The, "Oh in five hours Emergency Program 1 will activate" thing, to explain why Rose and Mickey were stuck on the Mme. du Pompadour until the Doctor could get back? Ha!)
Um, anyway, this two-parter was my favorite so far. Next week's looks frightfully boring, what can I say, there's only so much disaster movie I can take :( But hey, while Steven Moffat also has a distinct style and a penchant for repetition of themes, at least those themes are interesting. Bring on 2010.
Not that there was much new to these stories, but what was there was really well-executed. I enjoyed them thoroughly. Loved River Song; she was fantastic and I hope to see her again. On the other hand, I'm kind of 'meh' on her being "saved" at the end too. I mean, it's good that she didn't die, but if that was me I'd be like, "Okay, great, how long do I have to wait until the Doctor really rescues me, gets me back into my body somehow, and back into the real world?" Also, looking after someone else's perpetually pre-adolescent children until
Anyway, other than that small nitpick, I really loved it. Donna's perfect man, who is gorgeous and wonderful and doesn't say much ;) Doctor Moon, who is an AV program that I hope does better than McAfee or Symantec, little Charlotte Abigail Lux who watches Doctor Who half-hidden behind a couch pillow, the awesomeness of the expedition team; Anita and the Dave's and the Library guy (kudos on Anita's American accent by the way). I so wanted them to live, and actually was glad to see the Lux guy come off as a human character as opposed to stock villain.
Oh Doctor, reasoning with voracious dark-dwelling, flesh-stripping air parasites. "Look me up." I love it. And the look of pure dejection he gets when River has him handcuffed to the post, and her "Don't you dare change any of those moments"-- oh, that whole scene had me tearing up, I admit.
(Did anyone else catch that lovely little retcon in part one? The, "Oh in five hours Emergency Program 1 will activate" thing, to explain why Rose and Mickey were stuck on the Mme. du Pompadour until the Doctor could get back? Ha!)
Um, anyway, this two-parter was my favorite so far. Next week's looks frightfully boring, what can I say, there's only so much disaster movie I can take :( But hey, while Steven Moffat also has a distinct style and a penchant for repetition of themes, at least those themes are interesting. Bring on 2010.
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Date: 2008-06-10 09:44 am (UTC)I do like that the Doctor was the one who didn't have all the info :)